Dan Ata Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Dan Ata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
Dan Ata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dan Ata Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dan Ata is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dan Ata? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,605,694th most frequently held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dan Ata live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria Dan Ata is most common in: Sokoto, where 51 percent are found, Kano, where 40 percent are found and Kaduna, where 3 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 36 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dan Ata
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